Comments on: McCain ‘Surprised’ By Events In Basra, Uninformed About How Ceasefire Occurred http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2008/04/01/basra-iraq-mccain/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:42:01 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: M. Duss http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2008/04/01/basra-iraq-mccain/comment-page-1/#comment-462 M. Duss Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:12:36 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/wonkroom/2008/04/01/basra-iraq-mccain/#comment-462 Thanks, link fixed. Thanks, link fixed.

]]> By: Kilo http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2008/04/01/basra-iraq-mccain/comment-page-1/#comment-452 Kilo Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:32:48 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/wonkroom/2008/04/01/basra-iraq-mccain/#comment-452 <blockquote><strong>Actually, it was apparently members of Maliki’s own government who traveled to Iran and requested the cease-fire,</strong></blockquote> Actually, your cited source for this statement is a Salon piece by Juan Cole which refers to... <em>"the cease-fire called Sunday by Shiite leader Sayyid Muqtada al-Sadr, leader of the millions-strong Sadr Movement,"</em> ...without any further qualification of this statement, nor any mention of Maliki involvement. Rather hard to criticise someone for stating the same thing Juan Cole does on the topic of Shiite militias, especially when that's your own source for the contradiction.

Actually, it was apparently members of Maliki’s own government who traveled to Iran and requested the cease-fire,

Actually, your cited source for this statement is a Salon piece by Juan Cole which refers to…

“the cease-fire called Sunday by Shiite leader Sayyid Muqtada al-Sadr, leader of the millions-strong Sadr Movement,”

…without any further qualification of this statement, nor any mention of Maliki involvement.

Rather hard to criticise someone for stating the same thing Juan Cole does on the topic of Shiite militias, especially when that’s your own source for the contradiction.

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